What's happening
This bill creates a training program on environmental laws for farm owners and employees, funded by fines from concentrated animal feeding operation violations.
Why it matters
Aims to improve compliance and reduce violations. by educating farm owners and workers about relevant environmental laws, which could lead to fewer accidental infractions and better environmental outcomes.
Links enforcement with education. by directly channeling fines collected from concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) violations into funding the training program, ensuring penalties are reinvested to prevent future violations.
Could increase regulatory scrutiny and expectations. for farms, signaling a shift toward greater accountability and possibly raising the baseline for environmental standards across the agricultural sector.
May impact farm operations and costs. by requiring time or resources for training, but also offers potential long-term benefits through clearer understanding of regulations and reduced risk of costly violations.
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Train Farmers on Regulations
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Sponsors
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History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Print number 4475a
- Amend and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Train Farmers on Regulations
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Patty Ritchie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4475--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to establishing a training program for owners and employees of farming operations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 17-0307 to read as follows: § 17-0307. Environmental regulations training program.
The commissioner shall establish a training program to foster awareness among owners and employees of a farming operation of state environmental laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the farming industry.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, all fines collected pursuant to violations of part seven hundred fifty of title six of the New York code of rules and regulations involving concentrated animal feeding operations shall be under the sole custody of the commissioner and shall be used for the sole purpose of funding the training program established by this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07619-03-7
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